NYT: Is Private School Not Expensive Enough

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@dietz199

Part of the allure of elite - and expensive - schools has been that the Parental Units know Skippy and Buffy will be making the appropriate contacts and connections because the student body brings with them these relationships. It’s not that far fetched to see a point where the PU’s might question the value of an elite institution if a larger and larger portion of students do not bring with them these networking connections.

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<p>But then this comes down to whether you want peer students who are academically elite versus those from socioeconomically elite families. I.e. those who are more likely to succeed and become influential on their own merits, versus those who are more likely to do so by inheritance.</p>

<p>Of course, different (expensive) private schools have different emphases in this respect.</p>